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Quote by Havelock Ellis
A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade

A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God. – Havelock Ellis

Other quotes by Havelock Ellis

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness. – Havelock Ellis

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Happiness
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Havelock Ellis
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It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge. – Havelock Ellis

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Knowledge
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Other Quotes from
Religion
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions. – Karen Armstrong

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Religion

I think theres a difference between God and religion. – Sinead OConnor

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Religion

To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over mens souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means. – Emanuel Swedenborg

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Religion

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion. – John Boyd Orr

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Religion

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Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge. – Alfred North Whitehead

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Ignorance

The only prudence in life is concentration. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Concentration

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike. – Sir Thomas Browne

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Face, Faces

It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts — you have no idea of the pain it gives one. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Debt / Borrow / Loan